半吨兄弟 — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 15 songs (3,803 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 69.6% — rank 106 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 70% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 83% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 80% |
HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
Songs, easiest to hardest
Ranked by the share of HSK 1-3 vocabulary. Lyrics are not shown or stored — open a song to see its vocabulary breakdown, or paste the lyrics for the colour-coded view.
| Song | HSK 1-3 | Known at HSK 5 | Words | Distinct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 每当我走到这条街 | 83% | 91% | 315 | 67 |
| 那个女孩 | 82% | 90% | 215 | 106 |
| 爱上你是一个错 | 82% | 88% | 292 | 77 |
| 这么好的你 | 80% | 89% | 266 | 86 |
| 你就不要想起我 | 75% | 88% | 220 | 84 |
| 男人的模样 | 71% | 83% | 224 | 75 |
| 放生 | 70% | 84% | 294 | 116 |
| 别在夜里哭 | 70% | 82% | 191 | 89 |
| 三十而已 | 69% | 88% | 212 | 78 |
| 庸医 | 67% | 81% | 286 | 90 |
| 绝不退让 | 65% | 76% | 293 | 123 |
| 备爱 | 65% | 79% | 287 | 93 |
| 人这一生 | 60% | 71% | 165 | 74 |
| 喝的越多想你越多 | 59% | 75% | 274 | 87 |
| 扛过枪放过羊 | 58% | 67% | 269 | 59 |
Most distinctive words
Words this artist uses far more often than the rest of the corpus does — what makes their writing recognisable, rather than simply what they say most.
| Word | vs. other artists | in their songs |
|---|---|---|
| 如今 | 9.5× | 3 of 15 |
| 现实 | 5.6× | 3 of 15 |
| 擦 | 5.5× | 3 of 15 |
| 从前 | 5.2× | 3 of 15 |
| 黑夜 | 5.0× | 3 of 15 |
| 百 | 5.0× | 3 of 15 |
| 一生 | 4.7× | 3 of 15 |
| 有些 | 4.1× | 3 of 15 |
| 寂寞 | 3.9× | 5 of 15 |
| 孤独 | 3.8× | 3 of 15 |
| 喝 | 3.6× | 3 of 15 |
| 人生 | 3.6× | 3 of 15 |
Words this artist leans on that HSK 1-6 never teaches
Most frequent vocabulary in the HSK 7-9 band or outside the lists entirely.
扛 35× 寂寞 9× 祸 8× 沦 7× 放过 7× 温柔 7× 流浪 6× 情 6× 女孩 6× 思念 6× 自称 6× 庸医 6×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 80% of songs |
|---|---|
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 53% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 47% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 33% of songs |
| 把-construction | 27% of songs |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 20% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 20% of songs |
| 不如 (comparison / might as well) | 13% of songs |